Issue - meetings

That: 

1)               the extensive review that has been undertaken regarding community deliberative processes in climate emergency (as set out in Appendix A to the report) be noted; 

2)               progressing the development of focus groups and e-panels to engage the community with climate emergency be supported;  

3)               it be noted that a fully worked-up proposal with financial implications will be presented to Executive in October 2021.

The Executive considered a report relating to the outcome of the work undertaken to identify effective deliberative engagement processes with the community on climate emergency.

The Executive Member for Resident Services, Communications and Emissions went through the report and outlined the process that had been followed which had led to an analysis of 15 options, including opinion polls, user panels, citizens’ assemblies etc, for community engagement as set out by Involve, who were experts in this field.  Case studies from other councils who had gone through this process already had also considered.  Each one of the local deliberative processes had been assessed against a multitude of factors.  

Councillor Murray advised that the intention was to take a further report, setting out the plan for local deliberative processes going forward, including the likely topics and what methods of deliberative processes have been chosen, to October Executive.  It was noted that likely topics were, vision for the future of carbon emergency, waste reduction, how the gap in the Climate Emergency Action Plan could be closed, etc.

RESOLVED that: 

1)               the extensive review that has been undertaken regarding community deliberative processes in climate emergency (as set out in Appendix A to the report) be noted; 

2)               progressing the development of focus groups and e-panels to engage the community with climate emergency be supported;  

3)               it be noted that a fully worked-up proposal with financial implications will be presented to Executive in October 2021.